1995 Yang and Filo Interview

This 1995 interview with David Filo and Jerry Yang (via kottke) is fascinating!:

  • Whose HTTP server were you using?

    A: We wrote our own. We were using the NCSA server in the beginning, and, around 100,000 to 200,000 hits a day, it was pretty much just killing the machine. So, we wrote a server that is extremely barebones.


  • How long will you be on leave from Stanford?

    A: Well, we just took a leave starting this last quarter in April. Officially, it's two quarters that we'll be off. It kind of depends on how things go.


  • What are your favorite Web sites? Like Mark and I like the Fed Ex packing page where you can track your packages.

    A: That's cool. Any time I Fed Ex anything, I use it. I also like some of the world news and sports pages.

And more...